{"id":419571,"date":"2017-09-18T09:37:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T09:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/18\/zanzibar-arrests-20-over-homosexuality\/"},"modified":"2017-09-18T09:37:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T09:37:27","slug":"zanzibar-arrests-20-over-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/18\/zanzibar-arrests-20-over-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Zanzibar arrests 20 over homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div> <\/aside>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania\u2019s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The 12 women and eight men were picked up in a hotel where they were receiving training about HIV\/Aids education programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, authorities banned many private health clinics from providing HIV\/Aids services, saying they encouraged gay sex.<\/p>\n<p>Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>Regional police commander Hassan Ali Nasri said on state television: \u201cThey are implicated in homosexuality. We arrested them and are busy interrogating them. The police cannot turn a blind eye to this practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Deputy Health Minister Hamisi Kingwangalla vowed in front of parliament to \u201cfight with all our strength against groups supporting homosexuality in our country,\u201d AFP news agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2016, the government banned the import and sales of sexual lubricants, with Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu saying it encouraged homosexuality which led to the spread of HIV\/Aids, AFP adds.<\/p>\n<p>Gay male sex is punishable by up to 30 years in jail in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ban on homosexuality, Tanzania was until recently somewhat more tolerant towards gay people than many other African countries, but a rise in anti-gay rhetoric by the government has led to a spike in discrimination, correspondents say.<\/p>\n<p>In July, <a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2017\/07\/tanzania-stop-threatening-rights-groups\/\">human rights group Amnesty International said the authorities were \u201carresting and prosecuting people on homosexuality-related charges, and subjecting them to forced anal examinations\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania\u2019s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say. 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